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What It's Like To Go Home For The First Time

Leaving school sucks.

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What It's Like To Go Home For The First Time

I finally got to go home this weekend! After being away for 6 weeks, I was more than ready to spend a countless amount of hours snuggled up in my BIG bed. There were so many people to see, so many restaurants to eat at, and so many places to go. I knew this break would result in one of two things: changing my flight to an earlier time to get myself back at school or refusing to leave the comfort of my clean home and skipping a few days of classes this week.



First and foremost, I was home to keep up with my beauty routines. After 6 weeks of growing my eyebrows out and getting shitty pedicures, my first concern was fixing this. Going back to school with nice eyebrows, a fresh manicure and pedicure, and newly highlighted hair will uplift my spirits until it all goes downhill again in a few short weeks.



My family was so nice to me I can’t remember the last time they enjoyed my presence so much. Seriously, the last time my grandma was this nice to me might’ve been when I got dumped my junior year of HS and she felt bad for me. I stopped by my former high school (shout-out QO) to embarrass my little brother and roam around my old stomping grounds. I ate at my favorite restaurant every chance I got (#cavatobloomington) and even specially stopped at the Chipotle in my neighborhood - because nothing compares to your hometown Chipotle.



Considering I live in a town that is surrounded by cornfields about 15 minutes in every direction, I spent an entire day at my local mall. My mom just asked me how much money I cost her while being home.. Didn’t wanna answer that. Sorry not sorry.



And of course, I visited a friend at an in-state university. You don’t realize how much you love your own school until you go somewhere else and automatically classify it as boring - mainly because it’s not YOUR school. It was weird waking up in dorm without interruption from my friends down the hall. I needed to get back to IU.




It was all exciting and refreshing until I got a weird feeling that this isn’t my home anymore. I was living out of a suitcase in my own house. All of my stuff wasn’t at my reach - it was all back in Bloomington. My bestfriends and I were so happy to be together but we discussed our lives at school. We all have our own friends, our own lives, and our own new homes.


Needless to say, I couldn’t wait to be back home - in Bloomington, Indiana. Maryland will always have my heart and I’m sure I’ll be ecstatic to come back for Thanksgiving. But for now, I’m out with the old and in with the new. I’m in love with my school.
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